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    HuskyBroBreanna Edwards
    11/16/17 9:51am

    A parent who doesn’t let her child act a fool without consequences/repercussions? What a novel concept!

    What a time to be alive! 

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    Mad Dog BrutBreanna Edwards
    11/16/17 10:08am

    Wait . . . this is a thing? When I got suspended, I had to go home and do ALL chores. In school suspension was preferable because I’d just sit down and work on D&D campaigns.

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      "Hachi"Mad Dog Brut
      11/16/17 10:27am

      I was suspended a few times and I never stayed home. My mom would take me to work and I would do office tasks or I would go to my aunt’s house and do chores.

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      Yes...They Are Real!"Hachi"
      11/16/17 1:25pm

      Oh no, you poor thing! The horror!

      Didn’t your Mom know the irreparable damage she was doing to your childhood psyche? You might be too damaged to realize it now, but she embarrassed you by bringing you to work, letting her co-workers find out you weren’t in school. Trotting you out like her show pony that’s gone lame. Co-workers pointing and laughing, laughing and pointing. Whispered questions, all about you!

      The parent-child relationship should be one that’s built on equality, and mutual respect for each other. But this wasn’t the case for you. There was an unbalanced “power scale” in your Mother’s favor.

      What your Mother did was an unfair use of an outdated and abusive bullying tactic. Whenever the power play dynamic is exhibited through a parental “show-of-force”, the end result is rarely positive. It wouldn’t surprise me if your emotional/psychological repercussions were severe and long lasting. Possibly with some type of sexual dysfunction even. Are you into BDSM and “sexual shaming”?

      But what do I actually know (shrug)? Obviously everything I just wrote is total bullshit. And the over-reactionary replies are bullshit too. The boy should be punished. People today have forgotten the saying “it takes a village”.

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    satalacBreanna Edwards
    11/16/17 10:47am

    Young man should continue this for a fee and turn it into a little business for himself. Teach him hard work and financial responsibility. He’s got a good momma.

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      FrankieLindorTruffleShufflesatalac
      11/16/17 10:59am

      Many stars to this. A kid from my neighborhood who was a couple years older did exactly this. He had some behavioral/disciplinary stuff go on early in high school, I think his parents shoved a lawnmower at him as a form of punishment and way to occupy his time. He ended up buying an Escalade (extreme highschooler decision) to tow his equipment around by graduation. He has a high end landscaping business now.

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      satalacFrankieLindorTruffleShuffle
      11/16/17 11:07am

      Sometimes all it takes is a confidence boost for kids that have behavioral issues. For them to see that they are possible of doing something with a positive outcome is pretty eye opening, especially if all they ever hear is “why don’t you listen” or “what’s wrong with you”.

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    Ugh.Breanna Edwards
    11/16/17 10:23am

    I like the approach. Iffy on the public posting.

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      dcgirl13Ugh.
      11/16/17 10:55am

      Exactly. Would it have been so hard to ask a few friends and neighbors discreetly? Or call a church/community organization if they know of someone who needs help?

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    K__Breanna Edwards
    11/16/17 11:27am

    some of these things do end up as public shaming (for example when they have them stand on a busy corner with a sign) ..for the record im still not sure how i feel about it.. i dont think its bullying by parents but im also not sure its right ..still chewing on it.. at any rate. I dont think this falls under the category. The mom posted in a yard sale sight, a classified ad for all intents and purposes and to make it legit she told the reason why someone was offering free services

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    cakes_and-piesBreanna Edwards
    11/16/17 12:19pm

    I see nothing wrong with the discipline, but this is the most basic ho-hum example of performance parenting I’ve ever seen. Parents did stuff like this all the time when I grew up, but they didn’t go around telling everyone about it.

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    thatsjustmyhair-kinjadBreanna Edwards
    11/16/17 11:39am

    These comments tho

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    StartingOverAgainBreanna Edwards
    11/16/17 10:08am

    My parents never would have made me do yard work if I got suspended.

    Then again, it may not be reasonable for me to think that they would have felt that a pre-requisite to doing yard work was being able to wear at least one layer of fabric over your buttocks without being in debilitating pain.

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    Cabbage Patch MatherBreanna Edwards
    11/16/17 9:53am

    That’s what my Mom should have done when I fucked up- good for Ms. Payne!

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    hillratBreanna Edwards
    11/17/17 8:45am

    My problem with this is that Black students are up 4x more likely to get suspended than white students and the problem is worse in the South. So while I applaud the Mom for trying to do something, we need to look at why this boy got suspended in the first place.

    https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2016/06/07/black-students-nearly-4x-likely-suspended/85526458/

    https://www.brookings.edu/research/2017-brown-center-report-part-iii-race-and-school-suspensions/

    http://www.gse.upenn.edu/equity/SouthernStates

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